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Chris Thile performing at the Sanders Theater on Oct. 20, as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston.

Chris Thile, a mandolinist who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship earlier this year.

Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre of the Ice Dance Theatre of New York performing a duet in Reveries, a piece about an artist finding his muse.

Stephane Deneve and Yo-Yo Ma with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 3.

A still shot of Dark Profiles by José Mateo, the first of three pieces in the ballet production Shadows Fleeting.

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, the La Scala Chamber Orchestra performed Fantasies from Verdi’s Operas in Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 7, 2013.

(Top to bottom) Jenny Carlson and Danielle DiVito in rehearsal for the aerial performance Ground.

Julian Ceipek and Matthew Wismer from Olin College work out some bugs in their code.

Members from the audience joined MIT Media Lab student, Eric Ross Rosenbaum G, on stage to create a spontaneous rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” by becoming human synthesizers using Makey Makey, a small ci...